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Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow

1921 - 2024

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Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow GCIH (20 March 1921 – 24 September 2024) was a Senegalese civil servant and Director-General of UNESCO. M'bow served in France and North Africa during World War II after volunteering for the French Army, also serving with the Free French, and finally in the French Air Force. After the end of the war, he studied geography at the Sorbonne University in Paris. He served at UNESCO Headquarters in Paris from 1953 to 1987. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow is the 9,807th most popular politician (up from 11,928th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Senegal (up from 16th in 2019) and the 5th most popular Senegalese Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow ranks 9,807 out of 19,576. Before him are Ilterish Qaghan, Luc Frieden, Alluwamna, Hassan Al-Turabi, Julius Leber, and Einar Thambarskelfir. After him are Nguyễn Xuân Phúc, Gala, Francisco Serrano, 1st Duke of la Torre, Simon I, Duke of Lorraine, Ljudevit, and Sisavath Keobounphanh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1921, Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow ranks 161. Before him are Esther Williams, Fernando Fernán Gómez, Deanna Durbin, Eugenio Coșeriu, Georges Wilson, and Lionel Terray. After him are Jim Garrison, Carlo Furno, Jetty Paerl, Gaston Reiff, Meir Amit, and Sergio Sollima. Among people deceased in 2024, Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow ranks 189. Before him are Sjoukje Dijkstra, Eric Carmen, Donald Adamson, Irene Camber, Kees Rijvers, and Humberto Maschio. After him are Mísia, Tūheitia Paki, Ecaterina Oancia, M. Emmet Walsh, Sergio Sebastiani, and Vernor Vinge.

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In Senegal

Among people born in Senegal, Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow ranks 12 out of 138. Before him are Youssou N'Dour (1959), Ousmane Sembène (1923), Ali Dia (1965), Macky Sall (1961), Cheikh Anta Diop (1923), and Mariama Bâ (1929). After him are Sadio Mané (1992), Lamine Diack (1933), Patrice Evra (1981), Jean-Pierre Adams (1948), Théodore-Adrien Sarr (1936), and Souleymane Sané (1961).

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Among POLITICIANS In Senegal

Among politicians born in Senegal, Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow ranks 5. Before him are Abdoulaye Wade (1926), Ségolène Royal (1953), Abdou Diouf (1935), and Macky Sall (1961). After him are Mame Madior Boye (1940), Mamadou Dia (1910), Ba Mamadou Mbaré (1946), Mahammed Dionne (1959), Fatma Samoura (1962), Habib Thiam (1933), and Aminata Touré (1962).

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